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Ireland Wins Honourable Mention at International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria
(L-R) Megan Boland, Paddy Clancy, Naoise Sheridan and Finn Wallace
The Irish team is made up of the top four students from the 2023 All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) which is run by ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, at the School of Computing, Dublin City University.
(L-R) Megan Boland, Paddy Clancy, Finn Wallace and Naoise Sheridan
The team members are Naoise Sheridan (18) from Tullamore College, Offaly, Finn Wallace (18) from CBC Monkstown, Paddy Clancy (17) from St Vincent’s Castleknock and Megan Boland (18) from Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, Tipperary. Paddy Clancy won an honourable mention in the Individual Round.
In the IOL, the students come up against 200 of the top linguistic problem-solvers, from 30 countries, to tackle some of the toughest puzzles in logic and linguistics in little-known languages from all over the globe. The students faced a 6-hour individual round paper on Tuesday tackling problems such as Guazacapán Xinka from Guatamala and Coastal Marind spoken by approx. 8,000 people in South Papua province in Indonesia. They also sat a challenging 4-hour team round on Wednesday. Well done to the whole team. They have all done us so proud!
Irish Team Set Off to Compete at International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria
(L-R) Paddy Clancy, Megan Boland, Finn Wallace and Naoise Sheridan
The Irish Team is comprised of Naoise Sheridan (18) from Tullamore College, Offaly, Finn Wallace (18) from CBC Monkstown,, Paddy Clancy (17) from St Vincent’s Castleknock and Megan Boland (18) from Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, Tipperary.
The team qualified for the event through winning the ADAPT All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) in March. This is Finn’s second time making the international team. Megan Boland, who was previously AILO Junior Champion in 2021 said, “I am delighted to have the opportunity to be a part of the team that is representing Ireland in Bulgaria this year. Competing in the national olympiad has been a great experience and I look forward to our trip”.
The team will be competing against 200 top linguistic problem-solvers from all over the world in a 6-hour individual and 4-hour team competition during the week in Bulgaria.
We wish them the best of luck!
The All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) is run by ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, at the School of Computing, Dublin City University
AILO Winners 2023
| Year | Prize | Name | School | Note |
| 2023 | AILO Champion | Naoise Sheridan | Tullamore College | IOL Team |
| 2nd Place | Finn Wallace | CBC Monkstown | IOL Team | |
| 3rd Place | Paddy Clancy | St. Vincent’s Castleknock | IOL Team | |
| 4th Place | Megan Clancy | Ursuline Secondary School | IOL Team | |
| 2023 | Junior Champion | Michael Costello | St.Kilian’s Deutsche School | 7th Overall |
| 2nd Place | Gráinne Scott | Presentation Community College | ||
| 3rd Place | Daniel Scally | Tullamore College | ||
| 4th Place | Oisín Sheridan | Tullamore College | ||
| 2023 | Team Winners | Victoria Gulelauri | St.Kilian’s Deutsche School | |
| Eliska Dvorakova | ||||
| Michael Costello | ||||
| Nathan Raffelt Smyth |
IOL 2023
The 4 members of the Irish team who will represent Ireland at the 20th anniversary IOL in Bansko, Bulgaria are (left to right) :
- Paddy Clancy St Vincent’s Castleknock, Dublin
- Naoise Sheridan Tullamore College,Offaly
- Megan Boland Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles, Tipperary
- Finn Wallace CBC Monkstown, Dublin
28 July 2023: Paddy Clancy has taken home an honourable mention from the International Linguistics Olympiad for the Irish team which took place in Bansko, Bulgaria this week.
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